Kamala Harris calls for a ban on right-to-work laws

Washington Examiner ^ | April 27, 2019 02:08 PM | Joseph Simonson

[E. Pluribus Unum]

LAS VEGAS — Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris called for the federal ban on so-called "right-to-work" laws in the United States during her Saturday morning remarks at the National Forum on Wages and Working People.

"Banning right-to-work laws" would be one of the first initiatives Harris would take up in office, she told the audience of labor members and organizers at The Enclave in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Republican governors and legislators throughout the country have been pushing through laws that allow individuals to join a company or firm without being obligated to pay or join a labor union. Some right-to-work laws also forbid contracts that force employers to hire unionized workers. More than half of U.S. states have some sort of right-to-work law on the books.

"I'd use my executive authority to make sure barriers are not in place to do the advocacy [unions] need to do," Harris said.

Critics say that right-to-work laws have devastated local labor groups around the country, which have already faced a precipitous decline since their peak in the 20th century.

“The barriers to organized labor to organize and strike have grown over a period of time,” Harris said.

Earlier in April, fellow 2020 presidential candidate Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders told an audience at the International Association of Machinists conference, also in Las Vegas, that he would ban right-to-work laws.

Harris' call for a ban on such legislation is another signal of a Democratic field vying to placate progressive members of the base. Such a ban on right-to-work laws would likely need to be approved by Congress, where Republicans — who are the most vocal supporters of such laws — currently control the Senate.

[JIM O]

The plan is at this stage the crazier the better. Phase 2 will be compromise and pass something still crazy but a compromised crazy. Phase 3 is to then tell us how reasonable they are.

[Seaplaner]

Critics say that right-to-work laws have devastated local labor groups around the country, which have already faced a precipitous decline since their peak in the 20th century.

Ha!

ILLEGAL ALIENS have devastated UNIONIZED labor across the country.

I spoke recently with a former construction worker in California, and he described how ILLEGAL ALIENS have displaced so much of his unionized trade. (His word, so corrections, if any, invited.)

And, the UNION BOSSES have greater allegiance to the Dems than to their workers, and I can say this as a former union member.

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[headstamp 2]

The party of slavery that uses the word “ban” every time they open their mouths.

[eaglestar]

[morphing libertarian]

It’s the Obama Executive Order Syndrome

[eaglestar]

[Fresh Wind]

This wouldn’t have anything to do with ensuring a constant flow of money into the pockets of union bosses and the campaign coffers of democRat politicians, would it?

Naaah. It couldn’t be that.

[eaglestar]

[chris37]

Please ban yourself, KAMEL-uh.

Americans don’t need you, especially since you are not eligible to be president, and Americans certainly don’t need your satanic party.

[Rapscallion]

We will know Harris is serious when/if she introduces a bill for consideration and/or passage.

[eaglestar]

[MacNaughton]

Do we know for sure that this woman is a natural-born U.S. citizen? Or did POTUS #44 BHO totally nullify that section of the Constitution?

[Fungi]

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Dumber than a two-hoofed brick.

[raybbr]

Does this creature actually believe the president can simply abrogate laws all over the country with an Executive Order?

[Leaning Right]

> the UNION BOSSES have greater allegiance to the Dems than to their workers, and I can say this as a former union member. <

I wish more folks understood that. As you said, the union bosses are almost always hard-core Democrats. But the rank-and-file guys, politically they mirror America in general.

So a fair question would be: Why aren’t the bosses more like the rank-and-file?

It’s because most union offices are - essentially - hereditary positions. The FDR-era boss hands off his office to the JFK-era boss, who hands it off to the Clinton-era boss. Etc.

And union elections? I could tell you stories that would make Stalin blush.

[HotHunt]

In a free country, how does one explain to the voters that the "right to work" is a bad thing and needs to be eliminated?

Oh, my bad. I forget, Harris is a democRAT and they are in bed with the unions.

I prefer right to work versus forced union membership.

[Go Gordon]

So I won’t have a right to work? Will the government pay my full salary?

[Will88]

Big Sister continues to reveal her political philosophy.

[Lurkinanloomin]

I call for a return to natural born citizens only.

If you are born with more than ONE nationality, you CANNOT run for President.

[loveliberty2]

"'Banning right-to-work laws' would be one of the first initiatives Harris would take up in office, she told the audience of labor members and organizers at The Enclave in Las Vegas, Nevada."

More plainly stated, Harris's remarks mean that she advocates "banning freedom of choice for individual workers."

Here, again, those "freedom of choice" Democrats are hypocrites as they pick and choose which so-called "freedoms" they would allow others were they in powerful positions in government over the rest of us.